Social Skills Jobs in the North of England

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 2,831 3,911 5,230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 28.17% 24.02% 28.92%
As % of the General category 41.75% 42.35% 40.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,578 2,967 2,002
10th Percentile £28,800 £25,200 £25,420
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,000 £35,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,741 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -15.25% +7.27%

All General Skills
North of England

Social Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,781 9,235 12,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 67.47% 56.71% 71.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,666 7,041 5,420
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £38,918 £33,857 £37,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,389 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,050 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,670 £52,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year +9.85% -13.93% +1.67%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the North of England.

Salary trend for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 April 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -3 1,712 £54,793 +21.76% 1,288
Yorkshire 0 940 £45,000 - 690
North East -2 177 £45,000 +12.50% 287
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 70 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 59 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (1.13%) CMS
3 32 (1.13%) Confluence
4 26 (0.92%) Umbraco
5 17 (0.60%) SAS
6 15 (0.53%) Oracle Application Server
7 14 (0.49%) Apache
8 10 (0.35%) Apache Spark
9 8 (0.28%) WordPress
10 3 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.11%) IIS
10 3 (0.11%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.035%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.035%) Kentico
11 1 (0.035%) nginx
11 1 (0.035%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.035%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.035%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.035%) Tomcat
Applications
1 319 (11.27%) Microsoft Office
2 298 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 184 (6.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 62 (2.19%) Simulink
5 28 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
6 24 (0.85%) AutoCAD
7 15 (0.53%) Trello
8 14 (0.49%) MS Visio
8 14 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
9 11 (0.39%) Adobe XD
9 11 (0.39%) SPSS
10 7 (0.25%) Sketch
11 3 (0.11%) Chatbot
12 2 (0.071%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.071%) Blender
12 2 (0.071%) Maya
12 2 (0.071%) Notion
12 2 (0.071%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.035%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.035%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 168 (5.93%) Teamcenter
2 41 (1.45%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.35%) Shopify
5 9 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.32%) Magento
5 9 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.14%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.11%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 3 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.11%) Maximo
7 3 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.11%) Sage 50
8 2 (0.071%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.071%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.035%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.035%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.035%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.035%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 297 (10.49%) Azure
2 266 (9.40%) AWS
3 180 (6.36%) Power Platform
4 169 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
5 100 (3.53%) GCP
6 57 (2.01%) SaaS
7 55 (1.94%) Entra ID
8 44 (1.55%) GitHub
9 33 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
10 31 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
11 27 (0.95%) Serverless
12 21 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
12 21 (0.74%) Power Automate
13 20 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (0.67%) Figma
15 17 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (0.60%) PowerApps
16 14 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
17 13 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
18 12 (0.42%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 123 (4.34%) Firewall
2 74 (2.61%) LAN
3 64 (2.26%) WAN
4 51 (1.80%) DNS
5 32 (1.13%) Intranet
6 31 (1.10%) DHCP
6 31 (1.10%) VPN
7 27 (0.95%) TCP/IP
8 26 (0.92%) SAN
9 23 (0.81%) Network Security
10 22 (0.78%) Internet
11 21 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
11 21 (0.74%) Wireless
12 17 (0.60%) VoIP
13 14 (0.49%) NAS
14 10 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (0.32%) HTTP
16 7 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
17 6 (0.21%) SSH
17 6 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (5.90%) Power BI
2 97 (3.43%) SQL Server
3 45 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
4 43 (1.52%) MySQL
5 34 (1.20%) Tableau
6 27 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
7 25 (0.88%) NoSQL
8 22 (0.78%) MongoDB
9 18 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
10 17 (0.60%) Data Lake
10 17 (0.60%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 16 (0.57%) Electronic Patient Records
12 12 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (0.39%) Relational Database
13 11 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.35%) Metadata
14 10 (0.35%) Power Query
15 9 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 81 (2.86%) JIRA
2 65 (2.30%) Git
3 34 (1.20%) Rational DOORS
4 29 (1.02%) Jenkins
5 14 (0.49%) SonarQube
6 11 (0.39%) TeamCity
7 9 (0.32%) CircleCI
7 9 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (0.28%) GitLab
8 8 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
8 8 (0.28%) Selenium
9 5 (0.18%) IBM UrbanCode
9 5 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.14%) Balsamiq
10 4 (0.14%) JUnit
10 4 (0.14%) Postman
10 4 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.11%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.11%) TestRail
11 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 607 (21.44%) Finance
2 466 (16.46%) Presentation Skills
3 457 (16.14%) Analytical Skills
4 437 (15.44%) Marketing
5 373 (13.18%) Manufacturing
6 267 (9.43%) Electronics
7 206 (7.28%) Organisational Skills
8 190 (6.71%) Aerospace
9 131 (4.63%) Legal
10 129 (4.56%) Automotive
11 124 (4.38%) Banking
12 107 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 64 (2.26%) Retail
14 61 (2.15%) Public Sector
15 56 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
16 46 (1.62%) Law
17 36 (1.27%) Avionics
18 20 (0.71%) Military
19 17 (0.60%) Health Technology
20 15 (0.53%) Games
Job Titles
1 344 (12.15%) Senior
2 326 (11.52%) Analyst
3 256 (9.04%) Systems Engineer
4 234 (8.27%) Lead
5 203 (7.17%) IT Support
5 203 (7.17%) Support Engineer
6 190 (6.71%) Product Manager
7 161 (5.69%) Technical Manager
8 146 (5.16%) Project Manager
9 136 (4.80%) Help Desk Manager
10 125 (4.42%) Developer
10 125 (4.42%) Software Support Engineer
11 120 (4.24%) Commissioning Manager
12 118 (4.17%) Principal Engineer
13 115 (4.06%) Development Manager
14 101 (3.57%) Products Support Manager
15 94 (3.32%) Architect
16 88 (3.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
17 83 (2.93%) Support Manager
18 82 (2.90%) Product Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (3.43%) HTML
2 90 (3.18%) CSS
3 72 (2.54%) .NET
4 47 (1.66%) React
5 38 (1.34%) AngularJS
6 34 (1.20%) jQuery
7 31 (1.10%) Node.js
8 28 (0.99%) HTML5
9 27 (0.95%) REST
9 27 (0.95%) XML
10 26 (0.92%) ASP.NET
11 23 (0.81%) Spring
12 20 (0.71%) Vue
13 19 (0.67%) RESTful
14 18 (0.64%) .NET Core
15 16 (0.57%) .NET Framework
15 16 (0.57%) Laravel
15 16 (0.57%) SOAP
16 14 (0.49%) Web Services
17 12 (0.42%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 128 (4.52%) Management Information System
2 109 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
3 103 (3.64%) FMCG
4 100 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
5 92 (3.25%) Product Ownership
6 78 (2.76%) Social Media
7 44 (1.55%) Onboarding
8 40 (1.41%) NHS
9 35 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
10 33 (1.17%) Security Posture
11 32 (1.13%) Driving Licence
12 31 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
13 29 (1.02%) Cloud Native
14 26 (0.92%) Public Cloud
14 26 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 19 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (0.67%) Private Cloud
16 18 (0.64%) Credit Risk
17 17 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
17 17 (0.60%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 348 (12.29%) Windows
2 85 (3.00%) Windows Server
3 74 (2.61%) Linux
4 51 (1.80%) Windows 10
5 45 (1.59%) Windows Vista
6 41 (1.45%) Android
7 18 (0.64%) Mac OS
8 17 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (0.32%) Unix
12 5 (0.18%) CentOS
12 5 (0.18%) Windows 7
13 4 (0.14%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.11%) Data ONTAP
14 3 (0.11%) VMS
15 2 (0.071%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 907 (32.04%) Problem-Solving
2 505 (17.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 485 (17.13%) Agile
4 430 (15.19%) Project Management
5 392 (13.85%) Mathematics
6 260 (9.18%) Physics
7 255 (9.01%) Systems Engineering
8 237 (8.37%) Analytics
9 234 (8.27%) Customer Service
10 222 (7.84%) Line Management
11 197 (6.96%) Mentoring
12 185 (6.53%) Computer Science
12 185 (6.53%) Stakeholder Management
13 184 (6.50%) Project Delivery
14 183 (6.46%) DevOps
15 182 (6.43%) PLM
16 179 (6.32%) Coaching
17 173 (6.11%) Decision-Making
18 165 (5.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 162 (5.72%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 224 (7.91%) SQL
2 139 (4.91%) MATLAB
3 132 (4.66%) JavaScript
4 107 (3.78%) C#
5 106 (3.74%) Python
6 98 (3.46%) Java
7 49 (1.73%) PHP
8 45 (1.59%) TypeScript
9 41 (1.45%) PowerShell
10 26 (0.92%) C
11 23 (0.81%) R
12 17 (0.60%) C++
13 12 (0.42%) T-SQL
14 11 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 11 (0.39%) Go
15 10 (0.35%) Korn
16 9 (0.32%) Bash
16 9 (0.32%) Shell Script
16 9 (0.32%) VB
17 8 (0.28%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 1,324 (46.77%) Degree
2 422 (14.91%) BPSS Clearance
3 225 (7.95%) Master's Degree
4 171 (6.04%) HND
5 151 (5.33%) HNC
6 127 (4.49%) MBA
7 113 (3.99%) DBS Check
8 88 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 78 (2.76%) CISM
10 73 (2.58%) CISA
11 62 (2.19%) Security Cleared
12 60 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
13 50 (1.77%) SC Cleared
14 43 (1.52%) CCNA
15 39 (1.38%) PMI Certification
16 38 (1.34%) CISSP
17 34 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
17 34 (1.20%) PMP
18 32 (1.13%) JNCIA
19 29 (1.02%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (5.05%) QA
2 116 (4.10%) Def Stans
2 116 (4.10%) IEC 61508
3 94 (3.32%) GDPR
4 61 (2.15%) GRC
4 61 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 60 (2.12%) Data Quality
6 49 (1.73%) SLA
7 43 (1.52%) Accessibility
8 37 (1.31%) NIST
9 25 (0.88%) WCAG
10 23 (0.81%) PCI DSS
11 13 (0.46%) IFRS
12 10 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.32%) IFRS 9
13 9 (0.32%) PMO
14 8 (0.28%) Basel III
14 8 (0.28%) HIPAA
14 8 (0.28%) ISO 9001
14 8 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 137 (4.84%) Active Directory
2 99 (3.50%) Docker
3 46 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
4 39 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 37 (1.31%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.28%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.18%) Postfix
9 4 (0.14%) Firmware
9 4 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.14%) vSphere
10 3 (0.11%) Dovecot
10 3 (0.11%) KVM
11 2 (0.071%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.071%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.035%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.035%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.035%) pfSense
12 1 (0.035%) XenApp
12 1 (0.035%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 91 (3.21%) Kubernetes
2 84 (2.97%) Terraform
3 35 (1.24%) Ansible
4 17 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.42%) Grafana
6 8 (0.28%) Progress Chef
6 8 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.28%) SCCM
7 6 (0.21%) AirWatch
8 4 (0.14%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.14%) Istio
8 4 (0.14%) QRadar
8 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.11%) Argo
9 3 (0.11%) Nessus
10 2 (0.071%) Nagios
10 2 (0.071%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.071%) Puppet
10 2 (0.071%) SCOM
Vendors
1 566 (19.99%) Microsoft
2 120 (4.24%) ANSYS
3 74 (2.61%) Cisco
4 68 (2.40%) VMware
5 64 (2.26%) Salesforce
6 62 (2.19%) SAP
7 59 (2.08%) Alteryx
8 51 (1.80%) Google
9 50 (1.77%) Oracle
10 40 (1.41%) MathWorks
11 37 (1.31%) Fortinet
12 34 (1.20%) IBM
13 32 (1.13%) ServiceNow
14 30 (1.06%) Aruba
15 28 (0.99%) Juniper
16 27 (0.95%) Palo Alto
17 26 (0.92%) HP
18 22 (0.78%) Adobe
19 20 (0.71%) Siemens
20 17 (0.60%) Citrix